Fly-swatter



B. F. KELSO.

FLY SWATTER. APPLICATION FILIED' JUNE 12, 1919.

M O 2 d 9 4 1 m w m R a a M d 6 t n m D1 BENJAMIN F. KELSO, OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA.

FLY-SWATTER.

Application filed June 12, 1919.

'7 b all whom it may confirm Be it known that I, BENJAMIN .F. KELsO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hemet, in the county of Riverside and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F] y-Swatters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will. enable others skilled in. the art to which it ai ipertains to make and use the same.

On all types of fly swatters commonly employed there is a great strain exerted on the wire gauze at its point of connection with the handle and this usually causes breakage of the gauze, resulting from. continual bending thereof during the operation of the swatter. Furthermore, the forms of attaching means commonly used for connecting the gauze to the handle, are prone to tear loose from the gauze. My invention has for its object to overcome these difiiculties and at the same time to provide a swatter which will be simple and inexpensive.

'With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a sideelevation of one form of swatter constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the plane indicated by the line of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustrating a difi'erent form of construction.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the gauze holder shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a wire gauze body whose rear corners are folded upon themselves at 2, the entire rear portion of the gauze being then folded forwardly upon itself as indicated at 3. The front end. of the body 1. may be bound as indicated at 1 if desired. A. channel shaped sheet metal holder 4t straddles the folded rear end of the gauze body 1 and may be constructed either as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or as illustrated in Figs. 4c and 5. Under either construction, the front diverging ends 5 of a twisted wire handle 6, pass through the holder and the rear end. of the gauze body 1 to simultaneously retain said body in said holder and secure the holder to the handle.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the holder 4t consists of two pieces of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Serial No. 303,591.

sheet metal 7 and 8, the metal 7 being folded into channel shape and having one flange of greater width than its other and curved outwardly at 9 to prevent cutting the wire gauze 1. The part 8 of the holder is in the form of a plate received in the fold of the gauze body 1 and the front edge of said plate is curved outwardly at 10 to prevent cutting of the wire, said edge 10 being preferably disposed in rear of the edge 9. 7

It will be observed that the two flanges of the part 7 of holder 4 are held tightly against the wire gauze by the bent ends 5 of the bandle 6, that the part 8 is located in the fold of the gauze body .1, and that the aforesaid handle ends retain said plate in pro er place to prevent the wire gauze from pu ling out of the holder. Furthermore, by folding the rear end of the gauze body as above described, two thicknesses of the wire gauze are engaged by the part 8 and thus there is little danger of cutting the wire.

In Figs. 4 and 5, the holder 4 is constructed of a single piece ofsheet metal bent upon itself at 11 to form two parallel sides 12 and 13 whose end portions are folded in wardly and rearwardly between the body portions of said sides as seen at 14 and 15 respectively. The folds 16 curve outwardly a sufficient extent to prevent cutting of the gauze body 1 and the rearwardly directed end 15 is received in the fold 3 to perform the same work as the part 8 above described.

Both forms of the invention are extremely simple and inexpensive, yet they will be highly eflicient and durable, the life of the improved fly sweater being at least four times that of the best of the articles now manufactured. Since probably the best re sults are obtainable from the details disclosed, they may well be followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may well be made. I prefer however to always round the end of the gauze body 1 to prevent the binding from pulling off.

I claim:

1. A fly swatter comprising a gauze body, a channel shaped, sheet metal holder straddling the rear end of said body and secured thereto, the forward edges of said holder being curved outwardly to prevent cutting of the gauze when the latter moves from its medial position, and a handle carrying said. channel shaped holder.

2. 'A structure as specified in claim 1, one side of said channel shaped holder being of greater Width than the other side thereof.

3. A fly swatter comprising a Wire gauze body, the rear corners of said body being folded inwardly, and the rear end and folded corners of said body being folded forwardly, a handle, and a channel sha ed sheet metal holder carried by said handle and straddling the folded rear end of said gauze body, said;- holder having a portion received in the fold of said auze body.

4. A fiy swatter comprising a handle, a channel shaped sheet metal holder carried by said handle, a Wire gauze body having its rear end folded upon itself and positioned in said holder, the sides of said holder being curved to prevent cutting the gauze, and one side being turned inwardly and rear- Wardly into the fold of the gauze.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand.

BENJAh ll I. K ELM). 

